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AUTOMOBILE HOIST.

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Patented sept. 5, 1922,

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Patented Sept. 5, 1922.

UNITED STATES THOMAS A. MARTIN, OF VJASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

AUTOMOBILE HOIST.

Application filed September 21, 1921. Serial No. 502,187.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, Trrorias A. MARTIN, a citizen ot the United States, residing at vlashinggton,y in the District ot' Columbia, have invented a new and nseitnl Automobile iloist; and l do hereby declare the ilfollowingr to be. a ull, clear, and exact description ol? the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to automoliiile hoists and has ifm' its object to provide a tiltable eoiinterweighted automobile receivingF iframe, which `trame is mounted on a wheel. supported base and tiltahle through the rneans oll a rotatable drum carriedv by the :frame and around which drum the lead oit' a rope l'roin a block and fall extend, said block and tall havingl one oil its `blocks con neeted to the tiltabie lfranlc and its other block connected to the wheel supported base. A. -ifurther object is. to provide a spring actuated detent which detent coo @cuites with anyone ot a plurality ot apertures in a `vcrtii-.ally disposed pivoted bar carried by the wheel supported iframe said detent l'orininir incarne 'toi-holding the tiltablc traine in any position to which it may be moved. 'i V\ l'urlhcr object is to provide a tiltable l'ranie on which he motor driven vehicle may he (flisposeil and tilted to a position where the umlersidc thcrei'rl 'will be readily accessible for repair purposes. 'further object is to provide a coinliined automobile tilting; device and 'trailer on which automobiles1 may be tilted or :onveyed bodily trom place to place, 'tor instance in ease ot accident to the automobile,y whereJ one of the automobile wheels is broken or the automol-ile damaged `in such a manner that it cannot be. towed or run olf' its own power, said al'ltomobile may be placed on the device and moved to any desired place.

lVith the above and other objects `in view the invention resides in the combin ation and arrangement oit' parts as hereinafter set ortl.1,sliown in the drawings, described and claimed. it beingunderstood that changes in the precise embodiment ot the invention may be" made within the scope oi? what is clained without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings:-

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the hoist.

Figure 2 is a bottom plan view of the tiltable platform,

Figure 3 is a top plan View of the hoist. I Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the base of the hoist, which base is `in'eiterably diamond shaped and is supported substantially centrallyT thereof by wheels 2, and on which wheels the base and hoist as a whole may be moved from place to place, particl'ilarlv when the hoist has dis* posed thereon an automobile, which has been damaged in such a manner that it cannot be transported `from place to place under its own power, or trailed. The forward end 1a of the base 1 is provided with a member 3, which member may be attached to a repair wagon or trailer vehicle in any suitable manner ior transporting the hoist as a whole on the supporting wheels 2. Pivotally inolinted at 4 on upwardly extending brackets 5 carried by the base 1 is a tiltable vehicle receiving' base (i, on which base a vehicle is received in such a manner that its wheels will rest on the runways 7 and its itront or rear wheels against arms 8 carried by the side rails 9 of the base 6. One of the side 'ails 9 is provided. with pivoted arms 10, which arms engage headed pins 11 carried by an auxiliary wheel receiving bar 12, thereby allowing; the base (i to receive the wheels oi vehicles ot different widths. lt will be seen that the weight ol" the vehicle is dis poet-id on the 'torwznrd end 13 o1 the base 6 with its wheel 1/-1- in engagement with the arm 8, and its engine compartment 15 disposed adjacent a position over the pivotal point ot the wheel supported base 1. When the vehicle ri-zeeiving base 6 is tiltedI on the pivotal points 4i the weight ot the automobile will be thrown closer to the center oi the tiltable base, however to assist in the tilting action and partially counterweight the tiltable base 6, the rear end 7 ot the tiltable base provided with a foldable weight box 16, in which box weights may be disposed -for connterbalancing the tiltable base. Connected at 1T to the under side ol the box 16 and at 18 to the end 1n of the base 1 is a block and fall 19. The free end 20 of the cable which leads from said block and falls eX- tends around a drum 21, which drum is provided with a handle 22 whereby the drum may be rotated and a downward pull imparted on the end 7 of the tiltable base 6 thereby tilting the pivotal base to a position where a vehicle disposed thereon will be raised clear of the ground and allowed to be transported, or the vehicle be so positioned and tilted that a inechanic inay see and easily worlr on its lower mechanism.

During` the tilting operation a spring` actuated detent 23 has its end 2liout ot engageinent with any et the apertures in a vertically disposed bar 26, which bar is pi votally connected at 27 to the base l and extends upwardly between spaced guide bars 28 carried by the pivotal base o. After the tiltable base G has been tilted to the desired angle9 the end 2li oit' the detent 23 is allowec to enter one of the apertures 25 in the "ar 26, thereby holdingv the tiltable base 6 in any'position to which it inay be moved. By liorining the base l substantially dianiond shaped and the base 6 which supports the vehicle rectangular shaped, and having' its vehicle reeeiving end extending beyond lthe end ot' the base l, it will be seen that a vehicle niay be easily run onto the 'traine 6 without interlieringv with the base l, also that the vehicle receiving end ot the base 6 inay be positioned in engagement with the ground, i'or facilitating the vehicle receiving' operation.

Frein the above it will be seen that an automobile transporting and tilting` hoist is provided, which is simple in construction, and one wherein the parts are reduced to a inininiurn and the operation is positive. lt is to be `understood that the device inay be built roin metal bars or 'troni any other .material However `for purposes olE illus 'tration the part-s are shown as torined from anpfle iron.

ivoted to the end la oit the base l are supportingu legs 29, which legs when positioned as shown in Figure 1, will niaintain the base l in a horizontal plane. lil wever when the automobile is being' transported 'troni place to place the legs 29 are preierably pivoted upwardly where they will be out of the way o't obstructions when the hoist is being used for transporting t-he damaged vehicle.

lessees The invention having been set 'forth what is elaiined as new and useful is l. in automobile transporting and tilting device comprising a wheel supported dia* mond shaped traine, a tiltable Ytrarne pivoted to the wheel supported traine, said tiltable traine being provided with a weight receptacle adjacent one ot its ends, a block and vtall connected to the tiltable traine at its weight end and to the ,vheel supported traine, a rotatable drinn carried by the tiltable lranie and around which drnirx the lead of the block and tall attends, and a detent carried by the tiltable 'lranie and cooperating; with an apertured pivoted bar extendinp,` up vardly troni the wheel supported traine between guides in the tilible tr; ne and torining ineans tor holdii the t-iltalrle raine in any position to which it may hanvv been tilted..

2. fin automobile trans} iortinv and tilting device comprising a wheel supported dianiond shaped frame, a tiltable rectangularl shaped vehicle receiving traine pivoted to the wheel supported `traine end having one of its ends extendingv beyond one end ot the diainonf. shaped 'traine7 thereby alleniing; a vehicle to be disposed on said traine, one end ot said rectangular shaped traine boina1 provided with. a weight receivii rereptacle :tor the receipt ot weights7 a bloclf' and lall connected to the tiltable traine and the wheel supported traine adjacent their ends and provided with a lead line7 said lead line extending; around a rotatable dren'i'carried by the tiltehle rectangular shaped',inmmy and a doten holding the tiltable traine in any i'osition to which it may be nioved.

.in testimony whereot l have signed iny naine to this specification in the presence ot two siibscribing` witnesses.

lll/itnesses y llamar Benner, E. C. Banana 

